Pieter Abraham de Rochefort


Pieter Abraham de Rochefort (Leens, March 4, 1839 - Wehe, July 31, 1923) was a Dutch mayor.

The Rochefort was the oldest son of Doctor Louis Anthonie de Rochefort (1813-1853) and Henriette Wilhelmina Vinckers (1818-1878).

He was Mayor for 45 years, first of Ezinge (1867) and then of Leens (1870). He married in 1873 with Klasina Wierenga (1831-1910), who was widow of his predecessor Mr. Wolther Wolthers. The Rochefort became 70 years old as a knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau (1909). He passed away at the age of 84.

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